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| Israel, Paleos float Gaza gas rapprochement |
| 2011-02-06 |
| JERUSALEM - Israel and the Palestinians are eyeing talks to develop a gas field off the Gaza coast and other initiatives for an independent Palestinian infrastructure, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday. Hosting peace envoy Tony Blair, Netanyahu said the “Gaza Marine” gas field should be tapped together with an Israeli field nearby. “This is something that the Palestinian Authority expressed interest in,” Netanyahu told Blair during a media appearance. “I think we’re going to begin discussions and negotiations to facilitate both, where the revenues from the Palestinian field go to the Palestinian Authority and the revenues from the Israeli field go to the Israeli government and I think this is good for stability, good for prosperity and good for peace.” He also outlined new electricity, water and sewage projects “intended to make Gaza independent of Israeli infrastructure”. Israel quit the strip in 2005 but still supplies much of the basic needs of its 1.5 million Palestinians while enforcing a blockade intended to place curbs on Hamas. Blair said U.S.-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who shelved talks with Netanyahu in September and is also at loggerheads with rival Hamas, sought “approval in principle of the supply of Palestinian offshore gas to Gaza power plants and specific project approval to a new power station there”. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 The PA is going to charge Hamas for the gas. LOL |
| Posted by: phil_b 2011-02-06 16:43 |
| #2 heh heh - that's really gonna piss off Hamas. The royalties will go to the PA? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-02-06 11:24 |
| #1 Nothing good will come of this. YOU CANNOT PET RABID DOGS |
| Posted by: Mikey Hunt 2011-02-06 03:08 |